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[ariya]

Is taking five courses in one term, four of them mathematical (linear algebra, differential equations, statistics, game theory) at all realistic?

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[notestaff]

yes, diff. eq's are harder to get intuition for... you'll get them eventually.

you'll probably do fine grade-wise if it's just _one_ hard course, but you'll learn everything better if you don't do this. and will more have more time to be at the "top" of some courses, which helps for finding UROPs/getting references later. these matter more than # of majors... a summer student in our group just got off wait list and into mt. sinai med school because of an advisor's reference.

[ariya]

Do you advise dropping differential equations? I might have to, but I'd like to see how it goes first; there's no rush.

[notestaff]

sure -- you can try as long as it's not impacting the other courses. it's just harder to drop after you've put in much time... like climbing a mountain and turning around halfway. can you really drop things without regret for the time spent? :)

diff. eq. would also go easier after you've done more of other math stuff, esp. linear algebra.
if you want five courses maybe you could take some HASS instead, that you still have to take eventually?

[ariya]

I'm all covered in the Hass department... and I'm fine, even happy, with four courses!
Anyway, and effort put into differential equations isn't wasted; I'll /definitely/ be taking it next term if not this, and I'll have a head-start then! :)

[notestaff]

sounds good.
just as long as it leaves enough time for pink floyd... or whatever your next side project is :)